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onion tribe, is hexandrious, and belongs to the natural order Aspho¬ 
del-ice. It is a remarkable species, and grows abundantly in the shady 
valleys of Madonia, a mountain thirty-live miles south-east of Palermo. 
The plant occurs in other parts of Sicily. Although accurately repre¬ 
sented by Boccone and Cupani, it remained unnoticed by modern 
botanists until recently taken up by Ucria, who has given it the 
specific name of siculum. 
The plant may perhaps be thought deserving of being separated 
from Allium, on account of the cells of its capsule being polyspermous ; 
a character which it has in common with A. inodorum ; but the um¬ 
bellate inflorescence, persistent perianthium, the habit and peculiar 
odour of the plant, accord entirely with Allium. The drawing was 
taken from a living specimen in the Botanic Garden, Chelsea, where 
it was raised from seed four years ago. The scent is more powerful 
and disagreeable than that of any other species. 
2. Berberis empeirifolia. Crowberry-leaved Barberry. This is a 
procumbent shrub, with slender, twiggy, angular branches Like its 
congeners, the flowers are orange or yellow, hexandrious ; and it 
belongs to the natural order of which the genus is the type, viz. 
Berberidece. 
The plant is said to be a native of the lands bordering the Straits 
of Magellan, whence it was introduced to the Clapton nurseries by 
Mr. Anderson, an indefatigable collector for that establishment, who 
accompanied Captain King on his voyage of survey. The plant was 
originally discovered by Commerson, and was, previous to its introduc¬ 
tion to our gardens, only known from the specimens collected by that 
enterprising botanist. 
The habit of the plant is extremely delicate, and it differs materially 
from the more common species in bearing single, instead of racemes of 
flowers. 
Several new species of this interesting genus have been lately intro¬ 
duced into our collections; and we hear that the continental nursery- 
men have two or three which we are yet strangers to. A specimen of 
one of these we have seen, and, from the vast number of its racemes of 
flowers, might, with much propriety, be called Jloribunda. 
3. Pceonia alb^Jlora ; var. Pottsii. Potts’s Chinese Peeony. This 
is certainly the most splendid of the five varieties of albijlora now culti¬ 
vated in our gardens (there are nine varieties named in Loud. Hort. 
Brit.). It was introduced by Mr John Potts, from China, in 1822, 
and named by Mr. Sabine, in compliment to that zealous collector, 
who had been sent out by the Horticultural Society, and who died 
shortly after his return to this country. 
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